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Checklist for Order Polydesmida Pocock, 1887 (Flat-backed Millipedes)
and region West Asia (Asia)


Class
 
Diplopoda
De Blainville in Gervais, 1844
Diplopods, Millepedes, Millipede, Millipedes
32
121
412
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Chilognatha
Latreille, 1802
31
115
399
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Helminthomorpha
Pocock, 1887
27
109
374
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Merocheta
Cook, 1895
7
18
92
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Polydesmida
Pocock, 1887
Flat-backed Millipedes
7
18
92
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for West Asia
7 Families width 92 Species and 11 Subspecies
Dalodesmidae Cook, 18962SpeciesTaxom
Polydesmidae Leach, 1815Flat Millipedes25SpeciesTaxom
Paradoxosomatidae Daday, 188952SpeciesTaxom
Oxydesmidae Cook, 18953SpeciesTaxom
Xystodesmidae Cook, 1895Xystodesmid Millipedes8SpeciesTaxom
Platyrhacidae Pocock, 18951SpeciesTaxom
Fuhrmannodesmidae Brölemann, 19161SpeciesTaxom


Genera for West Asia
18 Genera with 92 Species
Allawrencius Verhoeff, 19391SpeciesTaxom
Blysmopeltis Johns, 19701SpeciesTaxom
Brachydesmus Heller, 19517SpeciesTaxom
Ciliciosoma Verhoeff, 18981SpeciesTaxom
Fontariopsis Pocock, 19033SpeciesTaxom
Leiosoma Stephens, 19391SpeciesTaxom
Leptodesmus Saussure, 18691SpeciesTaxom
Lohmanderodesmus Schubart, 19434SpeciesTaxom
Melaphe Cook, 184710SpeciesTaxom
Metonomastus Attems, 19681SpeciesTaxom
Oxidus Cook, 18472SpeciesTaxom
Oxyurus Koch, 18471SpeciesTaxom
Peltogonopus Hoffman & Lo..., 19432SpeciesTaxom
Platyrhacus Koch, 18991SpeciesTaxom
Polydesmus Latreille, 1869Flat Backed Millipedes17SpeciesTaxom
Strongylosoma Brandt, 195129SpeciesTaxom
Tetrarthrosoma Verhoeff, 189818SpeciesTaxom
Trilobodesmus Golovatch & ..., 20071SpeciesTaxom


Species list for West Asia
92 Species and 11 Subspecies
Allawrencius nodulosus Verhoeff, 1939
Blysmopeltis systropha Johns, 1970
Brachydesmus bebekensis Verhoeff, 1941
Brachydesmus ferrugineus Lohmander, 1936
Brachydesmus istanbulensis Verhoeff, 1940
Brachydesmus jubatus Attems, 1907
Brachydesmus kalischewskyi Lignau, 1914
Brachydesmus nevoi Golovatch & ..., 2007
Brachydesmus pigmentatus Attems, 1951
Ciliciosoma holtzii Verhoeff, 1898
Fontariopsis forbesi Pocock, 1899
Fontariopsis granti Pocock, 1899
Fontariopsis socotrensis Pocock, 1903
Leiosoma ponticum Lohmander, 1939
Leptodesmus cyprius (Humbert & Sa..., 1869)⇒ Melaphe cypria Humbert & Sa..., 1869
Lohmanderodesmus galeatus Schubart, 1934Banded woollybear
Lohmanderodesmus setiger Attems, 1951
Lohmanderodesmus tibiotarsale Verhoeff, 1943
Lohmanderodesmus tibiotarsalis Verhoeff, 1943
Melaphe apamea Hoffman & Lo..., 1968
Melaphe arcuata (Verhoeff, 1941)⇒ Melaphe vestita C. L. Koch, 1847
Melaphe castianeira Hoffman & Lo..., 1968
Melaphe cypria Humbert & Sa..., 1869
Melaphe thracia (Verhoeff, 1926)⇒ Melaphe vestita C. L. Koch, 1847
Melaphe vestita C. L. Koch, 1847
Melaphe vestita thracica (Verhoeff, 1926)⇒ Melaphe vestita C. L. Koch, 1847
Melaphe vestita turcica (Verhoeff, 1941)⇒ Melaphe vestita C. L. Koch, 1847
Melaphe vestita vestita (C. L. Koch, 1847)⇒ Melaphe vestita C. L. Koch, 1847
Melaphe vestitus (C. L. Koch, 1847)⇒ Melaphe vestita C. L. Koch, 1847
Metonomastus strasseri Hoffman & Lo..., 1968
Oxidus gigas Attems, 1953
Oxidus gracilis (C. L. Koch, 1847)⇒ Oxidus gigas Attems, 1953
Oxyurus vestita Koch & C.L., 1847
Peltogonopus armatus Verhoeff, 1943
Peltogonopus minor Verhoeff, 1943
Platyrhacus helophorus Attems, 1899
Polydesmus complanatus complanatus Linnaeus, 1761
Polydesmus complanatus illyricus Verhoeff, 1893
Polydesmus concordiae Verhoeff, 1941
Polydesmus elochwensis gladiatus Schubart, 1934
Polydesmus emirganensis Verhoeff, 1940
Polydesmus escherichii Verhoeff, 1896
Polydesmus glabratus Perty, 1833
Polydesmus herzegowinensis Verhoeff, 1897
Polydesmus herzegowinensis gladiatus (Schubart, 1934)⇒ Polydesmus elochwensis gladiatus Schubart, 1934
Polydesmus herzogowinensis Verhoeff, 1897
Polydesmus inconstans Latzel, 1884Bridge Creek chaparral
Polydesmus kosswigi Hoffman & Lo..., 1968
Polydesmus mediterraneus Daday, 1889
Polydesmus persicus (Humbert & Sa..., 1869)⇒ Tetrarthrosoma persicum Humbert & Sa..., 1869
Polydesmus rupicursor Verhoeff, 1907
Polydesmus syriacum Humbert & De..., 1869
Polydesmus syriacus Humbert & Sa..., 1869
Strongylosoma aharonii Verhoeff, 1914
Strongylosoma asiaeminoris Verhoeff, 1898
Strongylosoma bilselii (Verhoeff, 1898)⇒ Tetrarthrosoma ciliciense Verhoeff, 1898
Strongylosoma ciliciense (Verhoeff, 1898)⇒ Tetrarthrosoma ciliciense Verhoeff, 1898
Strongylosoma cilliciense Verhoeff, 1898
Strongylosoma coiffaiti Hoffman & Lo..., 1968
Strongylosoma cyprium Verhoeff, 1902
Strongylosoma escherichii Verhoeff, 1896
Strongylosoma escherichii pachypus (Verhoeff, 1941)⇒ Strongylosoma escherichii Verhoeff, 1896
Strongylosoma euxinum Hoffman & Lo..., 1968
Strongylosoma forcarti Lohmander, 1939
Strongylosoma holtzii (Verhoeff, 1898)⇒ Ciliciosoma holtzii Verhoeff, 1898
Strongylosoma horticola (Attems, 1909)⇒ Tetrarthrosoma horticola Attems, 1911
Strongylosoma kervillei (Attems, 1932)⇒ Strongylosoma samium Verhoeff, 1901
Strongylosoma kordylamythrum Attems, 1898
Strongylosoma lenkoranum Attems, 1898
Strongylosoma maceratum (Attems, 1951)⇒ Tetrarthrosoma maceratum Attems, 1951
Strongylosoma pallidicephalum Schubart, 1934
Strongylosoma pallidicephalus (Schubart, 1934)⇒ Tetrarthrosoma franzi Loksa, 1970
Strongylosoma persicum (Humbert & Sa..., 1869)⇒ Tetrarthrosoma persicum Humbert & Sa..., 1869
Strongylosoma samium Verhoeff, 1901
Strongylosoma samium cisaegaeum (Verhoeff, 1941)⇒ Strongylosoma samium Verhoeff, 1901
Strongylosoma setigerum (Attems, 1951)⇒ Lohmanderodesmus setiger Attems, 1951
Strongylosoma solaenomeritum (Verhoeff, 1943)⇒ Tetrarthrosoma solaenomeritum Verhoeff, 1943
Strongylosoma stigmatosus Eichwald, 1830
Strongylosoma syriacum Humbert & Sa..., 1869
Strongylosoma tibiotarsale (Verhoeff, 1943)⇒ Lohmanderodesmus tibiotarsalis Verhoeff, 1943
Strongylosoma turcicum (Verhoeff, 1898)⇒ Tetrarthrosoma turcicum Verhoeff, 1898
Strongylosoma uniseriale Attems, 1951
Tetrarthrosoma aharonii Verhoeff, 1914
Tetrarthrosoma anserinum Hoffman & Lo..., 1968
Tetrarthrosoma asproengaeum Hoffman & Lo..., 1968
Tetrarthrosoma bilselii Verhoeff, 1940
Tetrarthrosoma broelemanni Verhoeff, 1940
Tetrarthrosoma ciliciense Verhoeff, 1898
Tetrarthrosoma cyprium Verhoeff, 1902
Tetrarthrosoma franzi Loksa, 1970
Tetrarthrosoma horticola Attems, 1911
Tetrarthrosoma maceratum Attems, 1951
Tetrarthrosoma malickyi Strasser, 1979
Tetrarthrosoma pallidicephalum (Schubart, 1934)⇒ Tetrarthrosoma franzi Loksa, 1970
Tetrarthrosoma persicum Humbert & Sa..., 1869
Tetrarthrosoma solaenomeritum Verhoeff, 1943
Tetrarthrosoma syriacum (Humbert & De..., 1869)⇒ Tetrarthrosoma asproengaeum Hoffman & Lo..., 1968
Tetrarthrosoma syriacum asproengaeum (Hoffman & Lo..., 1968)⇒ Tetrarthrosoma asproengaeum Hoffman & Lo..., 1968
Tetrarthrosoma syriacum syriacum Humbert & De..., 1869
Tetrarthrosoma turcicum Verhoeff, 1898
Trilobodesmus levequei Golovatch & ..., 2007

Subnodes of Polydesmida with occurrences in West Asia
SuborderChelodesmidea
Cook, 1895
2
3
9
Families
Genera
Species

Taxom

SuborderDalodesmidea
Hoffman, 1980
1
2
2
Family
Genera
Species

Taxom

SuborderParadoxosomatidea
Daday, 1889
1
7
52
Family
Genera
Species

Taxom

SuborderPolydesmidea
Leach, 1815
2
5
26
Families
Genera
Species

Taxom

FamilyOxydesmidae
Cook, 1895
1
3
Genus
Species

Taxom



Links, sources and further information
Polydesmida at artfakta.se
Polydesmida at dyntaxa.se
Polydesmida at gbif.org
Polydesmida at irmng.org
Polydesmida at itis.gov